Near-term acceleration in the rate of temperature change

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 333-336

  Smith, Steven J ^a   Edmonds, James ^a   Hartin, Corinne A ^a   Mundra, Anupriya ^a   Calvin, Katherine ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84925797587     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2552     Document Type: Article

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